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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)
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For myself I don't bother weighing fish these days unless they look exceptional, for example a pike must look as if it goes 15 lbs, a barbel 10 lbs, a roach 1 1/2 lbs etc.
Of course what generally happens is that the pike which looks 15 weighs 13 1/2, the barbel which looks 10 weighs 91/4 and the roach which looks 1 1/2 weighs 1lb 5oz!!!
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But when I weigh a fish I do it in the frame of the landing net, deducting the weight of the frame after weighing. Some electronic scales make it possible to zero the weight of the landing net.
One thing I don't do is to transfer the fish from the landing net into a weigh sling. This is totally unnecessary and results in the fish getting handled overmuch as well as the loss of more slime. Those unhooking mats which double as weigh slings are fine of course. What I am against are seperate weigh slings.
What say you?
Of course what generally happens is that the pike which looks 15 weighs 13 1/2, the barbel which looks 10 weighs 91/4 and the roach which looks 1 1/2 weighs 1lb 5oz!!!
/forum/smilies/sad_smiley.gif
But when I weigh a fish I do it in the frame of the landing net, deducting the weight of the frame after weighing. Some electronic scales make it possible to zero the weight of the landing net.
One thing I don't do is to transfer the fish from the landing net into a weigh sling. This is totally unnecessary and results in the fish getting handled overmuch as well as the loss of more slime. Those unhooking mats which double as weigh slings are fine of course. What I am against are seperate weigh slings.
What say you?